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Dominican Rep. Cadena Perpetua (Life Sentence - In For Life)
- Original title
- Cadena perpetua
- Year
- 1979
- Running time
- 94 min.
- Country
Mexico- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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Pedro Armendáriz Jr.
Narciso Busquets
Ernesto Gómez Cruz
Angélica Chain
Ana Ofelia Murguía
Roberto Cobo- Rodrigo Puebla
- Yolanda Rigel
Salvador Garcini- See all credits
- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Thriller. Film noir. Drama | Neo-noir
- Synopsis
- Alfaro Javier Lira, aka "Tarzan", rules over the prostitutes of Mexico City. His quiet life is disturbed by the death of a prostitute and he is sent to jail on the Marias Islands. He injures a warden, Pantoza, during a drinking session. Later, when Tarzan goes back to the city, he gets married and starts working in an insurance company. But one day, he is recognised by a policeman who knows all about his past and starts blackmailing him... "With Cadena Perpetua, Arturo Ripstein asserts his reputation as one of the rare Mexican film-makers who gave cinema the best of his art.
- Rankings Position
- Awards
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1978: Ariel Awards: 4 Awards including Best Film. 6 Nominations
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